The super-charged spectacle stars Paul as an ex-con who enters a cross-country road race to exact revenge on a former partner, who in turn puts a bounty on Paul's head that draws in a gang of illegal racers. Imogen Poots, Dominic Cooper, Michael Keaton and Dakota Johnson co-star in the adaptation of the popular video-game franchise.
The chance to see America was a big draw. Star Aaron Paul says, “That's [a] reason why I wanted to jump into this film, just the fact that we did get to drive across this beautiful country of ours. I think we shot in seven different states. It was incredible. We were there for some time and I had a lot of time to really enjoy it -- I had weekends off if I wasn't traveling...It's the first time I've ever experienced Moab, Utah...it's like you're a Mars rover riding around on the surface.”
Columbus, Georgia stands in for the starting point of Mount Kisco, New York in the film's race that stretches from the Empire State to the California coast. Columbus' 13th Street Bridge, which connects the town to Phenix City, Alabama, plays a prominent role, with a sequence that ultimately sends a car careening into the Chattahoochee River. Rural New York is also represented by the Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome Georgia, with Rome's Cave Spring Road doubling for a byway in Middle America. A car wash in Macon, Georgia is also featured in the flick.
The mountainous red-rock landscape of Moab, Utah gets some screen time with a massive chase sequence that gets dangerously close to a drop-off above the waters of the Colorado River. Filming in Utah also hit its famed Bonneville Salt Flats. The largest of a series of flats west of the Great Salt Lake is home to annual land-speed events like “World of Speed,” and has been featured in films like Independence Day (1996) and Con Air (1997).
A pitstop in Detroit finds Aaron's character behind the wheel of his custom Ford Mustang named Beauty for a chase with police in the Motor City's downtown hub. The race finishes in California, with filming taking place north of San Francisco in Mendocino wine country, where vineyards give way to a run through redwoods and end on the Pacific coast at Mendocino's Point Arena Lighthouse. The film opens on March 14th.
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